Girls Varsity Track·
May 8
The Chase ends with a Championship, Girls team wins GSSC

Place

Points

Wheeler High School

1st

146

Hanover Central High School

2nd

107

Griffith High School

3rd

77

Calumet New Tech High School

4th

67

River Forest High School

5th

56

Bishop Noll Institute

6th

36

Edison High School

7th

17

The group of seniors could not stop smiling. At 8:30 pm Tuesday night, Melanie Edmond, Brenna Keen, Chanelle Hammond, Alicyn Kehoe, Hallie Price, and Lexi Passaeur didn’t want to leave the track facility. They were witnesses to a moment that was a long time in the making. “I’ve waited my whole four years for this,” Hammond said. “I remember a couple of years ago when the bus ride home was silent.”

For the first time since 2013, the Lady Bearcats were crowned Greater South Shore conference champions. Despite the pole vault still not being contested yet, the Bearcats next closest opponent could not make up the gap. At press time, the Bearcats were up 39 points on their rivals Hanover.

Getting lost in the moment, Senior Melanie Edmond simply said, “We did it!” while embracing her sprint coach Chip Lee.

“When any of these girls come back, there will be a plaque hanging in the halls of Wheeler High School forever reminding them of what they did,” Head Coach Dennis Bunda said. “It was a collective team effort and I’m proud of all of our coaches and our kids.”

The Lady Bearcats had contributions from everywhere in a dominating effort.

In the 100, Hallie Price and Chanelle Hammond places 2nd and 3rd.

In the 100 hurdles, Lili Ball and Jenascia Warnell placed 2nd and 5th.

In the 200, Amaya Turner was conference champ and Hallie Price placed 3rd.

In the 400, Amaya Turner was conference champ and Dottie Heuring placed 4th.

In the 800, Emma Hellwege was conference champ and Elena Giorgi was conference runner up.

In the 1600 and 3200, Hailey Orosz was conference champ and Emily Gaylord placed 3rd.

In the 300 hurdles, Lilli Ball and Jenascia Warnell placed 5th and 6th.

In the long jump, Lexi Passauer places 5th and Kaitie Bunda placed 9th.